Louis N. Molino, Sr. CET
FF/NREMT/FSI/EMSI
Training Program Manager
Fire & Safety Specialists, Inc.
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Please excuse any typos.
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On Feb 7, 2011, at 23:19, newnethboy <kef413@gmail.com> wrote:
> That may be, but what I meant was that having cold, snow, and ice is normal
> in the NE, as opposed to not so normal in Dallas, et al.
>
> But, Louis, you've lived in both places so you know that (and I note that
> you chose to live TX, not stay in NJ).
>
> ------------
>
> BTW, your friend's report sounds like the weather in Cent. NY is cycling a
> bit warmer this year (at least so far; winter is far from over for them). I
> left that area over 25 years ago (have never missed it!), and while I was
> there we had quite a variety of winters, ranging from 91 inches of snow one
> January (the year Buffalo FD survived on borrowed mini-pumpers because their
> streets were too snow-clogged for full-sized engines) to the year I worked
> for a snowplowing contractor and we got only one storm over two inches (but
> it was less than six) all winter. (Should I say I "worked" for the
> contractor? That, btw, is my sort of luck.) As for cold, when my first child
> was born, it was -23F (December), and when my second was born we had 24
> inches of snow in about six hours (April), but there was at least one winter
> where the temperature hardly ever went below 0F.
>
> (My second and third were b. February in CA. In both cases, it was
> shirtsleeve weather. Took baby pix of the third one outdoors.)
>
> One storm I vividly remember that I wasn't there for was 4 October 1987. It
> occurred the same day we had the major aftershock of the Whittier Narrows
> quake. They had wet snow and freezing rain that overloaded the
> still-leaf-laden trees and threw the area into a state of emergency with
> power outages for several days, power crews from the local company and from
> as far away as PA, NYC, NJ, CT. Their death toll was the same for that storm
> as for the quake, in a population 3% of LA metro. (On the fourth, we had
> high temps at or over 100F. Denver papers were reporting, "LA: SHAKE AND
> BAKE".) (My mother passed away in Albany 1 Oct 2006, and I got her death
> cert. on 4 Oct. That 19th anniversary of the storm, is was sunny and warm
> [for there].)
>
> I lived through the storm in NYC of 9-11 Feb 1969 (Sunday, one of the last
> people out of JFK for three days; on Monday, the three-hour-schedule bus
> trip to Baltimore took five hours from Manhattan to the NJ Turnpike). My
> grandmother was b. Syracuse about the time of the Blizzard of '88 (1888).
> Both were notable for the rarity of such storms (ditto for the ice storm of
> 1987). In fact, I believe the storm of 1969 was the first really, really bad
> one since the 1888.
>
> (Did I mention that I don't miss it?)
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis N. Molino, Sr." <lnmolino@aol.com>
> To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] Re: Bay Area Heat Records Crushed
> (02/06/11)
>
>
> Not really normal back in the NE. Spoke to a friend in Central Eastern NY
> State today. The snow is moister and denser than usual and much more Thunder
> Snow and more episodes of sleet and freezing rain with the snow. He's been
> in the area for 25+ years.
>
> Louis N. Molino, Sr. CET
> FF/NREMT/FSI/EMSI
> Training Program Manager
> Fire & Safety Specialists, Inc.
> Typed by my fingers on my iPhone.
> Please excuse any typos.
> (979) 412-0890 (Cell)
> (979) 690-7559 (Office)
> (979) 690-7562 (Office Fax)
>
> LNMolino@aol.com
> Lou@fireworld.com
>
> On Feb 7, 2011, at 22:21, newnethboy <kef413@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ditto for SoCal, although we're so spoiled we forget what they're having
>> back East (and yes, that means anywhere east of Barstow).
>>
>> For example, Super Bowl Week in Dallas was extremely quiet during the
> cold,
>> snow, and ice.
>>
>> (And don't even talk about the Northeast! Except it's normal there.)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kim Noyes" <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
>> To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 9:43 AM
>> Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] Re: Bay Area Heat Records Crushed
>> (02/06/11)
>>
>>
>>> Ditto for SoCal and the Central Coast where I am.... must be "earthquake
>>> weather", eh? ;-p
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Vic <sactovic@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don't tell anyone back East, but we're having GREAT weather in Nor Cal.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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